Married 25 August 1938, St George’s Cathedral, Perth to Kathleen Jennings Laffar (died 17 May 2005), daughter of William Henry Laffar and Kathleen Anna SargentChildren: two sons and two daughters

Death

Date7 November 1961

PlaceWembley, Western Australia

CemeteryKarrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia

Cause of Death

Religion

Church of England

Education

Educated Rainbow State School and Geelong Grammar School

Occupation

Farmer

Employment History

Soon after arriving in WA he bought a farm at Belka via Bruce Rock which he retained throughout his life
Member Bruce Rock Agricultural SocietyMember and then director Bruce Rock Co-operative
Director and deputy chairman Westralian Farmers Co-operative Ltd until 1950

House

MLA

Party

Country Party
Member executive Primary Producers Association from 1935

Member Hon Royal Commission inquiring into Restrictive Trade Practices and Legislation 1957

Background/Membership

President WA branch Clydesdale Horse Society
Member Adult Education Board 1946–1949
Vice-president Wollaston Association and lay reader for Church of England for 25 years
Member Library Board of WA

References

D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume two 1930-2010,Western Australian Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2011, p. 209.

Further Information

Wendy Birman, 'Perkins, Charles Collier (1906–1961)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/perkins-charles-collier-13149/text23803, published first in hardcopy 2005, accessed online 11 January 2016.Countryman, 9 November 1961.Merredin Mercury, 16 November 1961.Wesfarmers News, 9 November 1961.West Australian, 8, 9 and 10 November 1961.Who's Who in Australia, (1950)